Lawsuit: Nursing Home Was Negligent In Its Pressure Ulcer Care

Posted By
Scott H. Palmer, P.C.

Sometimes, nursing home residents develop pressure ulcers. Pressures ulcers
can cause great pain and can have significant negative health effects.
In some severe cases, pressure ulcers can have fatal consequences.

Thus, it is very important for nursing homes to act properly in regards
to pressure ulcer prevention, particularly when it comes to residents
whose condition makes them particularly vulnerable to the development
of pressure ulcers. This can include putting proper protocols in place
regarding the rotating and moving of a patient and following such protocols.
In some cases, it might also include providing a patient with a special
pressure-relieving device.

Recently, here in Texas, a wrongful death case has arisen involving pressures ulcers.

The case involves a now-deceased elderly man who was a resident of a nursing
home in Woodway. The man had Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

According to the man's family, the nursing home and its staff acted
negligently in relation to pressure ulcer prevention and subsequently
failed to provide the man with proper pressure ulcer treatment. Included
among the failings the man's family alleges the nursing home and its
staff committed was a failure to provide the man with a pressure-relieving
mattress in a timely manner.

The man's family claims that the alleged negligence at the nursing
home resulted in the man developing pressure ulcers and these pressure
ulcers becoming severe enough that they led to his death. The man's
death happened on Sept. 29, 2012.

The man's family is suing the nursing home in connection to the above
allegations of pressure-ulcer-related negligence.

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